Dear friends, family, and random blog-readers whom I have never met, WELCOME to my travel blog! The count down until my trip is (drumroll, please...): 1 month exactly until I arrive in Singapore! Now is the time I start compiling endless lists in an attempt to organize the preparations: lists of mutual friends to meet with, lists of apartment possibilities, lists of the 10,000 things to take care of asap in NY, lists of lists to make...etc. I like to write lists. Especially when I am sitting in the Grand Jury "Chamber", as the D.A.s refer to it, every day for the next 4 weeks until I leave (Jury Duty will get you, one day or another!). Hey, I can't complain- it's a good use of my time to sit down for a few hours and get paid to organize my thoughts while I use half of my brain to take in any relevant information about the cases being presented...just kidding. I pay attention with more than half my brain on most days :0) Back to the subject of this blog, I welcome you formally to join me in the Far-Out Far-East and I look forward to reading your comments on the posts that will appear on this website. I bid you readers a fond farewell! Courtney
